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The words 'BRANNYM MOTORISMEM' 'K OBRANE VLASTI!' 'SVAZARM' 'AUTOMOBILOVA SOUTEZ' are used. I think Svazarm is the Czech army, and Automobilova Soutez is a car race...but apart from that I don't know what it all means.

Sklounion

Hi Max,This is post war, probably 1950's.Please can you post a clear image of the section at the top.Svazarm is "Federation"K Obrane Vlasti = to defend the country"almost certainly, AUTOMOBILOVA SOUTEZ SVAZARM is Competion or Racing Car Federation."Motorising Conscripts to defend the country"Hammer and sickle date this to post-1948.Propaganda piece of good quality.Regards,Marcus

Sklounion

Hi Max, A pleasure.The cars are quite likely to be based on cars that had been in production by Skoda. Yes, I know they became a joke,(unwarranted, due to their regular good performances in rallying, throughout the Communist period)and Chuggy lives not that far from a certain Colchester dealership, where they had to wheel-clamp them on the fore-court.Yet, car-production was a major Czech strength, pre-war, and Hispano-Suizas were made in Czechoslovakia.(As expensive as Bugattis in their day). The car collection in the National Technical Museum in Prague, holds some major surprises for car-lovers.Regards,Marcus